Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-07

The Adventurss Of Ez-sasksv ,. \ 7.
Brown.


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New York TimesI .
Ex.Banker j. n. I. Brown, having we.
timized large constituency In this CITY ana
Brooklyn. but particularly in Brooklyn, Vs.
according to Pittsburgh dispatch, now en-
gnged In swiudlIug provincials. Brown
has bad very rapid career. lie Is not
more than thirty years OF age. vet within
ten years he has spent al least $4,000 tnat
he didn't earn. He IL tall, dark com
plexioned. and good looking. His manners
are plausible In the extreme. He always man,
aged 10 dress Handsomely as bis fitner
footed the taiIors' bills. Brown was fond
OF what be termed "life.v He liked fast
compauy. and II was his boast that he In
variably kept his end up while with tue
"boys,o no matter II some one else were
compelled TO supply the funds. He wasthe
darling OF his mother. who Il the second
wife OF The senior member Of the Brooklyn
firm OF Brown q Patterson, iroD-fouuders.
HIS stepfather had assisted him out Of so
MANY escapades that Brown, junior, con-
cIuded he would continue to do so until
the end.
About wear ago Brown blossomed forth
as banker AZ No. 234 Broadway under the
title of j. Il. T. Brown & Co. lie rented
Offices on the second floor and furnished
them most gorgeously. He purchased two
large safes from Marvin 4 Co., end gave
four months draft In payment. he gave
the draft as J. II. T. Brown, and promptly
accepted It as J. r. Il. Brown & Go. HIS
Office stationery was OF quality TO give
him standing IN the community, and upon
his checks, drafts. and noteheads appeared
an engraving Of the building in which his
offices were situated.
Very few young men, indeed, cut WIDER
swathe than Banker Brown, and the cele-
rity with which he would whip out check
hook ahd attach his signature thereto In
payment Of any little bill he might have
contracted during an evening filled bis
companions with admiration. IL generally
filled the man to whom the check was given
with wrath, for when 1t was presented 10
I. X. II. Brown & Co. for payment the
cashier was Of necessity compelled to say.
5. No funds,v or words TO that effect. Tie
had only been in business few months be-
fore checks and drafts signed by hIm
poured in upon the finn in stream that
aueured fair term OF imprisonment.
Brown was married and had child.
Uis wife was q member of very respect
able family Of McKeesport, Penn. They
lived In Bedford avenue, Brooklyn. Tbe
house was beautifully furnished by Browns
parents, who promised to give him the
house also n he conducted himself proper
| ly. He promised to do so. He soon tired
| Of living with his wife, and secured apart
mepts elsewhere. These were shared. II
| IL said. by woman named Gertie Whelan,
who had been cashier in Dieter's Hotel
| in Fulton street. Whenever he required
money, which was continually, ne gave
| this woman a check or draft, which she
| would induce some OF her friends to
cash. He resorted to this method oi
raising tlie wind after he had ylctimized
all his own friends. Among the people
whom the Whelan woman juggled In thi,
way was her former employer, Mr.. Dieter
| He asked her II the check was good and
She replied: "Of course he's rich New
York banker.v An army OF tradesmen
were duped in this way, and Brown only
| escaped Imprisonment through the aid o
his parents, who, rather than see the scainr
sent 10 prison, paid all demands upon them
| They were often advised by friends to allow
| the law to take its course, as In no Other
way could the scoundrel be Induced Y
change his course. but were too soft
hearted TO do so. Brown proved his uttel
| wortblessness by taking his mistress to hi
home as a companion for his wife.
| Although the fellows assurance In SOM
resDects was unparalleled, he was to-
cowardIy 10 ever face his creditors, aud, a
one OF them said last night, would soone
crowd through knot.hole than meet mar
TO whom he owed money. Occasionally
however. he would meet several creditor
waiting for him on his arrival at his Office
morning. At such time he would ASSUME
his most magnificent air aud explain that h'
had been detained in trying the speed OF |
noir of trotters he had just pur
! chased, This style OF explanation Mr
Rrown termed "a dead bluff" Bu
| even dead bluffs" soon become a glu
in his market. and the dollars grew yer.
| scarce with him. He raised o few coin
| by giving a mortgage on his office furni
| t,ire TO a near relative. Again he stayet
off the evil day by begging little furthe
assistance from his parents. When all tn
sources OF revenue seemed TO dry up b.
attempted to swnde the re latiye who ha'
helped him by disposipg OF ms office fur
nit,Ire. He had a truck at the door earl!
| one morning, but his plan was spoiled ol
the janitor OF the building. With the ex
| ception OF this particular morning Brow
| had NOT been at bis banking-ofic'
for six weeks prior to the end OF the year
| His clerks were unable to Ind him, thOug'
| all OF them were anxious to see him fo
| personal reasons. Two OF them. The sou
! Of wellto-do parents. had paid Brown 10
! the privilege OF entering his "Dankinl
! establisbment.v One OF them paid $50
| fnr
money has since been refunded by BrowA
stepfather. Brown only lett Brookiyl
when the town became too hot for him
No one who knows him believes that b
had much money; but everybody Is satls
fed that he carried a large stock oil bian
| checks and drafts.
When be left Brooklyn he was accompa
MED by woman. A Pittsburgh dlspatcl
saws that on Wednesday OF last week b
engaged rooms at the Home Hotel. He reg
istered as j, II. T. Brown, and registered
his companion as Miss Gertie W. Bro wn
On the following day the couple removed T.
the Monongahea House, where Brown re
gistered the woman as "Robinson." The
left the Monongabela House on Monda
in search OF private quarters. Ac
cordlng TO Mcheespot paper
Blown was elected from hott
there for non-pay aymeut Of his bill, an
that he yictimized Jesse Dewes by giyln
him q sight draft for S34 on Brown & Pal
terson. Dewes refusedto prosecute Brow
on account OF bis wife's parents. who liy
at McKeesport. A gentleman who know
good deal about Brown said last nigh
that he did not feel certain the fellow wasn
insane. He manifested at all times mani
for signing checks and drafts and floatin
them. He placed no value upon money e,
cent as means OF enjoyment. The heige
Of hIs ambition was to be considered
4" good fellow" and in order to gain 1t b
became utterly unprincipled. His friend
next expect to hear that Brown Is In iai
and some of them won't be sorry IL the n
port happens to be true.